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available by the US Army Corps of Engineers website .
Technical Report 60, (2005). Earth Dams and Reservoirs. United Department
of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Conservation
Engineering Division.
Papers by the Division of Safety of Dams. A nice collection with papers such
as "Fault Activity Guidelines", by William Fraser, "Engineering Geology
Considerations for Specifying Dam Foundation Objectives", by William
Fraser, "Dam Inspections", by Richard Baines, General Approach to Seismic
Stability Analysis of Earth Embankment Dams", by Donald Babbitt & Steven
Verigin, "Hydrologic Analysis", by Emil Calzascia & James Fitzpatrick, 1989,
"Improving Seismic Safety of Dams in California", by Donald Babbitt, 1993,
"Surveillance of Existing Dams", by Dean Smith, 1989
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-1914). Design, Construction & Maintenance of
relief Wells. Available by the US Army Corps of Engineers (1992),
Washington.
Collection of pdf documents on design and construction of levees and
embankments, by the US Army Corps of Engineers-Kansas City District-Local
Protection Section.
R.B. Seed, P.G. Nicholson, R.A. Dalrymple, J. Battjes, R.G. Bea, G. Boutwell, J.
D. Bray, B. D. Collins, L.F. Harder, J.R. Headland, M. Inamine, R.E. Kayen, R.
Kuhr, J. M. Pestana, R. Sanders, F. Silva-Tulla, R. Storesund, S. Tanaka, J.
Wartman, T. F. Wolff, L. Wooten and T. Zimmie"Preliminary Report on the
Performance of the New Orleans Levee Systems in Hurricane Katrina on
August 29, 2005.
R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, R. I. Abdelmalak, A. G. Athanasopoulos, G. P. Boutwell,
J. D. Bray, J.-L. Briaud, C. Cheung, D. Cobos-Roa, J. Cohen-Waeber, B. D.
Collins, L. Ehrensing, D. Farber, M. Hanemann, L. F. Harder, K. S. Inkabi, A.
M. Kammerer, D. Karadeniz, R.E. Kayen, R. E. S. Moss, J. Nicks, S. Nimmala, J.
M. Pestana, J. Porter, K. Rhee, M. F. Riemer, K. Roberts, J. D. Rogers, R.
Storesund, A. V. Govindasamy, X. Vera-Grunauer, J. E. Wartman, C. M.
Watkins, E. Wenk Jr., and S. C. Yim, (2006), "Investigation of the
performance of the New Orleans flood protection systems in hurricane
Katrina on August 29, 2005", Report No.UCB/CCRM – 06/01, July 2006,
University of California at Berkeley.
Dam Removal Success Stories, Final Report, Published by American Rivers,
Trout Unlimited, and Friends of the Earth.
Technical Letter No. 1110-2-286. Engineering and Design Use of Geotextiles
under Riprap. Available by the US Army Corps of Engineers (1984).
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-2300). Engineering and Design - General
Design and Construction Considerations for Earth and Rock-Fill Dams.
Available by the US Army Corps of Engineers (1984).
Technical Note (GT-SR-1.3). Design Procedure for Plastic Concrete Cutoff
Walls. REMR (1992).
S. Shahab Yasrobi and Ali Azad, (2004). Assessment of Granular Filter
Functioning in Embankment Dams. Eurosoil congress, Freiburg, Germany.
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-2005). Engineering and Design Standard
Practice for Shotcrete. Available by the US Army Corps of Engineers, (1993).
Washington.
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-2006). Engineering and Design Roller-
Compacted Concrete. Available by the US Army Corps of Engineers (2000).
Washington.
Jeremy P. Britton, (2001). Soil-Bentonite cutoff Walls: Hydraulic Conductivity
& Contaminant Transport. PhD Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State
University.
Rolf Larsson and Hakan Mattsson, (2003). Settlements and shear strength
increase below embankments - long term observations and measurements
of shear strength increase by seismic cross-hole tomography. SGI, Swedish
Geotechnical Institute, Report 63, Linkoping.
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-2302), 1990. Engineering and Design.
Construction with large stone. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Washington D.C.
Soil Mechanics Note No. 3: Soil Mechanics Considerations for Embankment
Drains, (1971). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service,
Engineering Division, Soil Mechanics Unit.
Technical Release No.56, Design Branch: A Guide for Design and Layout of
Vegetative wave protection for Earth Dam Embankments, (1974). U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Joint Effort-Plant
Sciences Division and Engineering Division.
Chapter 26: Gradation Design of Sand and Gravel Filters, (1994). Part 633
National Engineering Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Chapter 50: Earth Spillway Design, (1997). Part 628 Dams - National
Engineering Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service.
Technical Letter (ETL 1110-2-334). Design & Construction of grouted Riprap.
Available by the US Army Corps of Engineers (1992). Washington.
National Engineering Handbook: Part 628 Dams - Chapter 51: Earth Spillway
Erosion Model, (1997). United States Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service.
L.M.N. Peiris, S.P.G. Madabhushi, A.N. Schofield, (1996). Seismic Modelling of
Embankments on saturated soil deposits. CUED/D-SOILS/TR300 (1996). 1st
International Symposium "Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures 96",
Greece.
H.R. Barker, N. Sartain, A.N. Schofield, K. Soga, (1997). Modelling of
Embankment Construction on Soft Clay in the Mk II Mini-Drum Centrifuge.
CUED/D-SOILS/TR303 (1997). Cambridge University Engineering Department
Technical Report.
G. Manivannan, (2005). Viscoplastic Modelling of Embankments on Soft Soils.
PhD Thesis, School of Aerospace Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University
College, The UNSW at ADFA.
M.S.S. Almeida, A.M. Britto, R.H.G. Parry, (1985). Numerical Modelling of a
Centrifuged Embankment on soft clay. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 23,
103-114.
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-2909). Conduits, Culverts & Pipes. Available by
the US Army Corps of Engineers (1998). Washington.
REMR Technical Note CS-MR-8.8 (1992). Case History of Dam Repair:
Remedial Waterstops. Concrete Structures Repair and Rehabilitation, Vol C-
82-1, US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg.
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-2301). Test Quarries & Test Fills. Available by
the US Army Corps of Engineers (1994), Washington.
B. Muhunthan and A.N. Schofield, (1999). Liquefaction and Dam Failures.
Paper submited for ASC Conference GeoDenver 2000. CUED/D-SOILSITR310.
W.R. Morrison, E.W. Gray Jr., J.M. Cyganiewicz and P.G. Grey, (1991). Use of
Geosynthetics in Dams. Bureau of Reclamation experiences with
Geomembranes in Dam Construction. 11th Annual USCOLD Lecture Series.
United States Committee on Large Dams. White Plains, New York.
Matthews Gregory Paul, (1980). Measured and predicted pore pressures in
earth dams. M.S. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Civil Engineering.
Marcos M. Silvoso, Eduardo M.R. Fairbairn, Romildo D.T. Filho, Nelson F.F.
Ebecken and Jose L.D. Alves, (2003). Optimization of Dam Construction
costs using genetic Algorithms. 16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics
Conference, University of Washington, Seattle.
M. Seid-Karbasi and P.M. Byrne, (2004). Embankment dams and
Earthquakes. Hydropower & Dams Issue 2.
Technical Letter No. 1110-2-343, (1993). Engineering and Design. Structural
Design using the roller-compacted concrete (RCC) construction process.
Department of the Army. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington DC.
Robert L. Parsons, Derek H. Foster, Stephen A. Cross, (2001). Compaction
and Settlement of existing embankments. Report No. K-TRAN: KU-00-8. Final
Report, Kansas Department of Transportation and Kansas State University.
Engineer Manual No. EM 1110-2-1913, (2000). Engineering and Design.
Design and Construction of Levees. Department of the Army. U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Washington DC.
Engineer Manual No. EM 1110-2-2200, (1995). Engineering and Design.
Gravity Dam Design. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Washington DC.
Engineer Manual No. EM-1110-2-2201, (1994). Engineering and Design. Arch
Dam Design. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Washington DC.
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Construction Control for Earth and Rock-fill Dams. Department of the Army.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Washington DC.
Technical Release No. 27, (1965). Laboratory and Field Test procedures for
Control of Density and Moisture of compacted Earth Embankments. United
States Department of Agriculture. Soil Conservation Service Engineering
Division. Washington DC.
Technical Release No. 26, (1964). The Use of Soils containing more than 5%
Rock larger than the No. 4 Sieve. United States Department of Agriculture.
Soil Conservation Service Engineering Division. Washington DC.
Engineer Manual EM 1110-2-1901, (1986). Engineering and Design.
Seepage Analysis and Control for Dams. Department of the Army. U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers. Washington DC.
Nadia Pouliot, Thierry Sedran, (2001). Prediction of the compactness of roller-
compacted concrete using a granular packing model. Bulletin des
Laboratoires des POnts et Chaussees - 233, Ref. 4370 - PP. 23-36.
Technical Manual for Dam Owners, (2005). Impacts of Animals on Earthen
Dams. FEMA 473. U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Technical Manual for Dam Owners, (2005). Impacts of Plants on Earthen
Dams. FEMA 534. U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety, (2005). Earthquake Analyses and Design
of Dams. FEMA 65. U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Technical Manual, (2005). Conduits through Embankment Dams. Best
Practices for Design, Construction, Problem, Identification and Evaluation,
Inspection, Maintenance, Renovation and Repair. FEMA 484. U.S.
Department of Homeland Security.
Maritz Rykaart, Murray Fredlund, Jason Stianson, (2001). Solving Tailings
impoundment water balance problems with 3-D Seepage Software.
GEOSPEC. Geotechnical News.
M.D. Bolton, J.S. Sharma, (1994). Embankments with base reinforcement on
soft clay. Centrifuge 94, Leung, Lee & Tan. Balkema, Rotterdam.
G.T. Houlsby, R.A. Jewell, (1988). Analysis of unreinforced and reinforced
embankments on soft clays by plasticity theory. Numerical Methods in
Geomechanics. Balkema, Rotterdam.
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Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Engineering Division.
Soil Mechanics Note No.7, (1979). The Mechanics of Seepage Analyses. U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Engineering Division.
B. Indraratna, A.S. Balasubramaniam, S. Balachandran, (1992). Performance
of Test Embankment constructed to failure on soft Marine Clay. Journal of
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Part 628 Dams - National Engineering Handbook. Chapter 52: Field
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of Rigid Container Size on Dynamic Earth Dam Response in Centrifuge
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Washington, Seattle.
Semih Kucukarslan, (2003). Dam-Reservoir Interaction including the
Reservoir Bottom Effects in Time Domain. 16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics
Conference, University of Washington, Seattle.
Semih Kucukarslan, (2003). Dam-Reservoir Interaction for Incompressible-
Unbounded Fluid Domains using and Exact Truncation Boundary Condition.
16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, University of Washington,
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available by the US Army Corps of Engineers website .
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of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Conservation
Engineering Division.
Papers by the Division of Safety of Dams. A nice collection with papers such
as "Fault Activity Guidelines", by William Fraser, "Engineering Geology
Considerations for Specifying Dam Foundation Objectives", by William
Fraser, "Dam Inspections", by Richard Baines, General Approach to Seismic
Stability Analysis of Earth Embankment Dams", by Donald Babbitt & Steven
Verigin, "Hydrologic Analysis", by Emil Calzascia & James Fitzpatrick, 1989,
"Improving Seismic Safety of Dams in California", by Donald Babbitt, 1993,
"Surveillance of Existing Dams", by Dean Smith, 1989
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-1914). Design, Construction & Maintenance of
relief Wells. Available by the US Army Corps of Engineers (1992),
Washington.
Collection of pdf documents on design and construction of levees and
embankments, by the US Army Corps of Engineers-Kansas City District-Local
Protection Section.
R.B. Seed, P.G. Nicholson, R.A. Dalrymple, J. Battjes, R.G. Bea, G. Boutwell, J.
D. Bray, B. D. Collins, L.F. Harder, J.R. Headland, M. Inamine, R.E. Kayen, R.
Kuhr, J. M. Pestana, R. Sanders, F. Silva-Tulla, R. Storesund, S. Tanaka, J.
Wartman, T. F. Wolff, L. Wooten and T. Zimmie"Preliminary Report on the
Performance of the New Orleans Levee Systems in Hurricane Katrina on
August 29, 2005.
R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, R. I. Abdelmalak, A. G. Athanasopoulos, G. P. Boutwell,
J. D. Bray, J.-L. Briaud, C. Cheung, D. Cobos-Roa, J. Cohen-Waeber, B. D.
Collins, L. Ehrensing, D. Farber, M. Hanemann, L. F. Harder, K. S. Inkabi, A.
M. Kammerer, D. Karadeniz, R.E. Kayen, R. E. S. Moss, J. Nicks, S. Nimmala, J.
M. Pestana, J. Porter, K. Rhee, M. F. Riemer, K. Roberts, J. D. Rogers, R.
Storesund, A. V. Govindasamy, X. Vera-Grunauer, J. E. Wartman, C. M.
Watkins, E. Wenk Jr., and S. C. Yim, (2006), "Investigation of the
performance of the New Orleans flood protection systems in hurricane
Katrina on August 29, 2005", Report No.UCB/CCRM – 06/01, July 2006,
University of California at Berkeley.
Dam Removal Success Stories, Final Report, Published by American Rivers,
Trout Unlimited, and Friends of the Earth.
Technical Letter No. 1110-2-286. Engineering and Design Use of Geotextiles
under Riprap. Available by the US Army Corps of Engineers (1984).
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-2300). Engineering and Design - General
Design and Construction Considerations for Earth and Rock-Fill Dams.
Available by the US Army Corps of Engineers (1984).
Technical Note (GT-SR-1.3). Design Procedure for Plastic Concrete Cutoff
Walls. REMR (1992).
S. Shahab Yasrobi and Ali Azad, (2004). Assessment of Granular Filter
Functioning in Embankment Dams. Eurosoil congress, Freiburg, Germany.
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-2005). Engineering and Design Standard
Practice for Shotcrete. Available by the US Army Corps of Engineers, (1993).
Washington.
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-2006). Engineering and Design Roller-
Compacted Concrete. Available by the US Army Corps of Engineers (2000).
Washington.
Jeremy P. Britton, (2001). Soil-Bentonite cutoff Walls: Hydraulic Conductivity
& Contaminant Transport. PhD Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State
University.
Rolf Larsson and Hakan Mattsson, (2003). Settlements and shear strength
increase below embankments - long term observations and measurements
of shear strength increase by seismic cross-hole tomography. SGI, Swedish
Geotechnical Institute, Report 63, Linkoping.
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-2302), 1990. Engineering and Design.
Construction with large stone. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Washington D.C.
Soil Mechanics Note No. 3: Soil Mechanics Considerations for Embankment
Drains, (1971). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service,
Engineering Division, Soil Mechanics Unit.
Technical Release No.56, Design Branch: A Guide for Design and Layout of
Vegetative wave protection for Earth Dam Embankments, (1974). U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Joint Effort-Plant
Sciences Division and Engineering Division.
Chapter 26: Gradation Design of Sand and Gravel Filters, (1994). Part 633
National Engineering Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Chapter 50: Earth Spillway Design, (1997). Part 628 Dams - National
Engineering Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service.
Technical Letter (ETL 1110-2-334). Design & Construction of grouted Riprap.
Available by the US Army Corps of Engineers (1992). Washington.
National Engineering Handbook: Part 628 Dams - Chapter 51: Earth Spillway
Erosion Model, (1997). United States Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service.
L.M.N. Peiris, S.P.G. Madabhushi, A.N. Schofield, (1996). Seismic Modelling of
Embankments on saturated soil deposits. CUED/D-SOILS/TR300 (1996). 1st
International Symposium "Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures 96",
Greece.
H.R. Barker, N. Sartain, A.N. Schofield, K. Soga, (1997). Modelling of
Embankment Construction on Soft Clay in the Mk II Mini-Drum Centrifuge.
CUED/D-SOILS/TR303 (1997). Cambridge University Engineering Department
Technical Report.
G. Manivannan, (2005). Viscoplastic Modelling of Embankments on Soft Soils.
PhD Thesis, School of Aerospace Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University
College, The UNSW at ADFA.
M.S.S. Almeida, A.M. Britto, R.H.G. Parry, (1985). Numerical Modelling of a
Centrifuged Embankment on soft clay. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 23,
103-114.
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-2909). Conduits, Culverts & Pipes. Available by
the US Army Corps of Engineers (1998). Washington.
REMR Technical Note CS-MR-8.8 (1992). Case History of Dam Repair:
Remedial Waterstops. Concrete Structures Repair and Rehabilitation, Vol C-
82-1, US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg.
Engineer Manual (EM 1110-2-2301). Test Quarries & Test Fills. Available by
the US Army Corps of Engineers (1994), Washington.
B. Muhunthan and A.N. Schofield, (1999). Liquefaction and Dam Failures.
Paper submited for ASC Conference GeoDenver 2000. CUED/D-SOILSITR310.
W.R. Morrison, E.W. Gray Jr., J.M. Cyganiewicz and P.G. Grey, (1991). Use of
Geosynthetics in Dams. Bureau of Reclamation experiences with
Geomembranes in Dam Construction. 11th Annual USCOLD Lecture Series.
United States Committee on Large Dams. White Plains, New York.
Matthews Gregory Paul, (1980). Measured and predicted pore pressures in
earth dams. M.S. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Civil Engineering.
Marcos M. Silvoso, Eduardo M.R. Fairbairn, Romildo D.T. Filho, Nelson F.F.
Ebecken and Jose L.D. Alves, (2003). Optimization of Dam Construction
costs using genetic Algorithms. 16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics
Conference, University of Washington, Seattle.
M. Seid-Karbasi and P.M. Byrne, (2004). Embankment dams and
Earthquakes. Hydropower & Dams Issue 2.
Technical Letter No. 1110-2-343, (1993). Engineering and Design. Structural
Design using the roller-compacted concrete (RCC) construction process.
Department of the Army. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington DC.
Robert L. Parsons, Derek H. Foster, Stephen A. Cross, (2001). Compaction
and Settlement of existing embankments. Report No. K-TRAN: KU-00-8. Final
Report, Kansas Department of Transportation and Kansas State University.
Engineer Manual No. EM 1110-2-1913, (2000). Engineering and Design.
Design and Construction of Levees. Department of the Army. U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Washington DC.
Engineer Manual No. EM 1110-2-2200, (1995). Engineering and Design.
Gravity Dam Design. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Washington DC.
Engineer Manual No. EM-1110-2-2201, (1994). Engineering and Design. Arch
Dam Design. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Washington DC.
Engineer Manual EM 1110-2-1911, (1995). Engineering and Design.
Construction Control for Earth and Rock-fill Dams. Department of the Army.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Washington DC.
Technical Release No. 27, (1965). Laboratory and Field Test procedures for
Control of Density and Moisture of compacted Earth Embankments. United
States Department of Agriculture. Soil Conservation Service Engineering
Division. Washington DC.
Technical Release No. 26, (1964). The Use of Soils containing more than 5%
Rock larger than the No. 4 Sieve. United States Department of Agriculture.
Soil Conservation Service Engineering Division. Washington DC.
Engineer Manual EM 1110-2-1901, (1986). Engineering and Design.
Seepage Analysis and Control for Dams. Department of the Army. U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers. Washington DC.
Nadia Pouliot, Thierry Sedran, (2001). Prediction of the compactness of roller-
compacted concrete using a granular packing model. Bulletin des
Laboratoires des POnts et Chaussees - 233, Ref. 4370 - PP. 23-36.
Technical Manual for Dam Owners, (2005). Impacts of Animals on Earthen
Dams. FEMA 473. U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Technical Manual for Dam Owners, (2005). Impacts of Plants on Earthen
Dams. FEMA 534. U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety, (2005). Earthquake Analyses and Design
of Dams. FEMA 65. U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Technical Manual, (2005). Conduits through Embankment Dams. Best
Practices for Design, Construction, Problem, Identification and Evaluation,
Inspection, Maintenance, Renovation and Repair. FEMA 484. U.S.
Department of Homeland Security.
Maritz Rykaart, Murray Fredlund, Jason Stianson, (2001). Solving Tailings
impoundment water balance problems with 3-D Seepage Software.
GEOSPEC. Geotechnical News.
M.D. Bolton, J.S. Sharma, (1994). Embankments with base reinforcement on
soft clay. Centrifuge 94, Leung, Lee & Tan. Balkema, Rotterdam.
G.T. Houlsby, R.A. Jewell, (1988). Analysis of unreinforced and reinforced
embankments on soft clays by plasticity theory. Numerical Methods in
Geomechanics. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Soil Mechanics Note No.5, (1973). Flow Net Construction and use. U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Engineering Division.
Soil Mechanics Note No.7, (1979). The Mechanics of Seepage Analyses. U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Engineering Division.
B. Indraratna, A.S. Balasubramaniam, S. Balachandran, (1992). Performance
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